5 Feb 2014
Order issued
ConcludedThe Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: (2014) 02 GUJ CK 0051
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CW-2014-0019Rajkot, GujaratJudgment 5 February 2014
Gondal Police Head Constable (Grade-I) and others vs State of Gujarat & Ors.
On 5 February 2014 the Gujarat High Court Division Bench dismissed appeals by two Gondal lady head constables and upheld their dismissal from service. The court found that a woman accused entrusted to their overnight custody on 6-7 October 1993 had escaped through their negligence, for which both stood finally convicted under section 225A(b) IPC (six months simple imprisonment plus fine). The court held the escape reflected gross negligence and consequential misconduct by police custodians, and that dismissal was neither shockingly nor grossly disproportionate. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 5 February 2014 in Letters Patent Appeal Nos. 1437/2010 (in SCA 4402/2010) and 1438/2010 (in SCA 4403/2010), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akil Kureshi, Sonia Gokani, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Head Constable (Grade-I), Gondal police station; Head Constable, Gondal police station.
- Register number
- GJ 03 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Letters Patent Appeal Nos. 1437/2010 (in SCA 4402/2010) and 1438/2010 (in SCA 4403/2010) / (2014) 02 GUJ CK 0051
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akil Kureshi, Sonia Gokani, JJ.), 5 February 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (Grade-I), Gondal police station; Head Constable, Gondal police station
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 225A(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In our opinion, the appellants simply cannot escape the liability of their gross negligence and consequential misconduct.” (at para 9 (mirror; IndianKanoon numbering unconfirmed — record says 10))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Gujarat High Court judgment dated 5 February 2014 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“In our opinion, the appellants simply cannot escape the liability of their gross negligence and consequential misconduct.” (para 9 (mirror; IndianKanoon numbering unconfirmed — record says 10))
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.